Shade and curtain hanger.



E. FISH.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

APYLIUATION IILBD MAY 18, 1908.

926,181. Patehtqd June 29,1909.

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EDWARD FISH, Ol CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May it), 1908. Serial No. 433,294.

Patented June 29, 1909.

3e it known that l. l lnwwno i isu a citizen ot' the t nited States. residing at Cortland, in the county ot tortland and State of New York. have invented a new and useful Shade and ('urtnin thine-er. of which the f llowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a ctnnbined shade and curtain hanger; and has [or its object to prtwide a simple. drone". ellieient and ecottulttitztl hanger tor the purpose designed whirh ran be easily atlarhcd to the top of a window frame and ati'ord support for a cuttniit ole and for one or more shade rollers.

I further l) it'tft of the invention pertains to the means for supporting the shade roller brackets whereby they may be t'piickl adjusted to suit a .-l;ade roller of any length, or two or more hade rollers, it sin-h should be de ired, ma be carried by said supporting means in m'tjustable brackets.

With these and other objects in View the inwution consist of the novel combination and arrangement oi' parts hereinat'ter described and claim d, and illustrated in the act-omtmtniing drawing forming a part oti this sperilicati n. in whirh l tg'ure l is a perslw-tiw via-w -:l' the improved shade and tltttt llt hanger: Fig. "i an end view ot' the same; and l 'igr. I) a cross sectional \icw oi' the intention on the line i it ot Fig. l ll i\\'ilt f it attarhcd to a window frame.

Similar reterenre nun erals are used tor the same parts in all the ii 1'ltzt'.

In the drawings l indicates a'llat bar or strip of metal the l n ritudimil edges of which are bent over on the same side of the bar or strip to form gnidt warx's 2 for two or more shade holding;- brarltets 3 which are adapted to slide longitudinally therein. but prevented from a too t'ree movement by il'ric' tional contact ot the base l of the brackets with the Side and g'nide naysfl ol the bar or strip 1. Countersiuik holes 5 are bored in the bar or strip 1 for the fastening screws (3 which enter the window frame as shown. The shade holding brackets 3 here reprcsented are like those in common use. made of stamped sheet metal with bases -l and bodies 7 ptn'pelnlieular thereto in the outer ends of which are openings 8 for receiving the projecting pins on the ends of a shade roller. At each end of the bar 1 a forwardly pr0-. jeeting arm 9 is fastened by a rivet. 10, ,1he lower end of which arm enters the bottom l l l guideavay 2 and is steadied therein. there the rire't it) the arm is eurvetit gracefully torward tor a sutlieient di tance and then bent. downwardl to t rm a substantially semirireular restv or sea; it for a curtain pole 1: which extends from one arm f) to he other.

A shade and curtain hanger constructed as above may extend across a single window frame and have adjustable brackets for one shade. or the holder ma be made of a length sutlicient to'ext'end across two -or more windows and be provided with a pair of shade roller brackets for each window and a eurtain pole arm at eaeh end ont it will also be noted that by driving a tow tlt\\' through the strip 1 into the window t'rame or frames all the necessary shade brackets and curtain pole arms are t'astened thereto and in correct relation to one another. or easily placed so by sliding the shade bratlu'ts wl ich may be moved from one end ot' the bar or tl'i1) l to the other.

instead ot. depending on the frictional t'OltttlCt ol the base t with the bar 0' strip for holding the shade brackets in position, a

screw 1 may be threaded in said base to bear againstthe bar when turned.

.Vhat is claimed is A shade and curtain hanger rotnprising a tlat bar provided with (.Ollllttl'-!l!tl( perforations, and having its longitudinal edges turned over to t'orm c ntinuousv upper and lower guide-ways extending throughout. the entire length of the bar, t'as t-ninemeans passing through the aforesaid pertorations,

and extending flush with the taco ot the bar, adjustable shade brackets titling; on the lace ot' the banand extending" at their uppe and lower ends into the guide-ways, means for holding the shade brackets in adjustment, and a curtain-pole supportingarm secured. tothe lace ot the bar. and extemlinp: at one end into the lower one of theat'oresaid guideways. the other end of said arm extending in l'ront of and outside of the upper guide-way, and having a forward bend termiiartin g in a eurtain-pole .eat.

in testimonf-i hat. l claim the t'oregoing' as my own, I have hereto atiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EINVA RD FISH.

Witnesses C. E. TnoMrsoN, WM. G. MGKi-NNEY. 

